History of SDCH
SDCH is one of the first hospitals in the state to be accepted for Medicare. By this time, SDCH has 80-bed capacity, 150 employees, and a payroll of one-half million dollars.
SDCH’s 40-bed nonprofit acute care hospital opens, admitting its first patient in the summer of 1961. Prior to SDCH opening, Davis County residents were required to travel north to Ogden or south to Salt Lake City for hospital treatment and emergency services. SDCH would undergo a minor remodel in 1964…
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Mr. William P. Moore is appointed as the first administrator of SDCH at its start in 1961. Mr. Moore provided great leadership ability in the management of the hospital, as well as in professional and community activities and was administrator until July 1976. He then moved over to the newly…
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The incorporators of the nonprofit South Davis Community Hospital were civic officials, prominent citizens in the community, and representatives of the medical profession in the area. The 34 founders of SDCH had the desire of representation on the board of directors of lay-citizens whose main interest would be in the…
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South Davis Community Hospital, Inc. officially incorporates as a nonprofit corporation on 22 December 1960. The organization was endowed for the express purpose of providing a public, nonprofit hospital designed to provide local residents with complete and modern hospital services.
First discussions were held in 1950 by area physicians on the need for a hospital in Bountiful. Planning talks continued for the next six years; private funding was obtained and 600 $250-bonds were sold in order to begin construction and purchase equipment. Official incorporation date was December 22, 1960 and…
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